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<title>LEA: Australia: 1993 Codebook</title>
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<h2> Codebook for 1993 Australian Election Data</h2>
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<th align=left>Variable Name<th align=left>Explanation<th><tr>
<th align=left>"year"<th align=left>Year in which the election was held.<th><tr>
<th align=left>"state"<th align=left>State in which the election was held.<th><tr>
<th align=left>"district"<th align=left>Name of the election district.<th><tr>
<th align=left>"enrolled"<th align=left>Number of enrolled (registered) voters in the district.<th><tr>
<th align=left>"lname"<th align=left>Last name of the candidate.<th><tr>
<th align=left>"fname"<th align=left>First name of the candidate.<th><tr>
<th align=left>"position"<th align=left>The candidate's position on the ballot.<th><tr>
<th align=left>"inc"<th align=left>Dichotomous variable taking the value of  "1" if the candidate is the district's incumbent, "0" if otherwise.<th><tr>
<th align=left>"party"<th align=left>The party affiliation of the candidate.<th><tr>
<th align=left>"countn"<th align=left>The "round" of the electoral count which yields this entry's vote total for the candidate.  Because Australian House elections run on a single transferrable vote system, many rounds of vote counts may be taken before one candidate gains a majority. <th><tr>
<th align=left>"votes"<th align=left>Absolute number of votes received by a candidate in a particular round of an election.<th><tr>
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